Circulating antibodies to lipoarabinomannan in relation to sputum microscopy, clinical features and urinary anti-lipoarabinomannan detection in pulmonary tuberculosis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-103

  Tessema, Tsigeweini Asgedom ^a   Bjune, Gunnar ^a   Hamasur, Beston ^a   Svenson, Stefan ^a   Syre, Heidi ^a   Bjorvatn, Bjarne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; LIPOARABINOMANNAN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036194938     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110077263     Document Type: Article

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